Bug#461487: linux-image-2.6-amd64: HZ is set to 250 (for contextswitches) - please consider using 100Hz as 250Hz affects timekeeping (with NTPd) badly
> > > Package: linux-image-2.6-amd64
> > > Version: 2.6.22+11
> > > Severity: normal
> > >
> > > HZ is set to 250 (for contextswitches) - please consider using 100Hz as
> > > 250Hz affects timekeeping (with NTPd) badly see thread at:
> > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.time.ntp/browse_thread/thread/6c4645ac82c1c013
> >
> > quite a lot happened since in the timer code,
> > thanks to tickless kernels, test 2.6.24-rc8 trunk builds
> > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel
>
> Folkert, did you test NTPD with more recent kernels?
Hi,
Unfortunately I don't have the hardware (scope?) and such to verify
this. I was reporting it as a 'bug' from what I read on the linux-pps
mailinglist (which talks about the pulse-per-second infrastructure
patch, which is for connecting an atomic clock or gps with pps
signal).
Folkert van Heusden
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